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“But aren’t small things exactly what friendships are made up of? Frayed string bracelets and late-night texts and compilations of your favorite songs? When you take those things away, what do you have left?”
― Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

“It’s the worst thing when your memories turn into memories themselves. Becoming unreliable duplicates of the real thing.”
― Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

“But insincerity is easy. Bullshitting your way through things is easy. It doesn't require any emotional attachment; there aren't any stakes involved. It can't hurt you, because you never believed in any of it anyway.

But telling the truth—saying exactly what you mean, how you feel, to the people you care about most... That's one of the hardest things in the world. Because you have to trust them. Trust that they won't hurt you, even when they have the power to.”
― Ann Liang, This Time It's Real

“The funny thing about a broken heart is that for something held so deep inside, it’s surprisingly hard to hide.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children